On Sat, 18 Aug 2001, Michael Orton wrote: > Well, if you hate reading game related fiction, why do you read it? Sometimes I don't know until I get to page twenty, and then I try to still give an author a "chance." Also, I'm an Amber GM. One of the legitimate ways to build characters up is by producing game fiction, within the system. While I could certainly suggest that it's not available for my game, I like to think I might find a fourth or fifth author I can read. Just as long as it's not poetry. [grin] > If someone has an ability to write 30 pages a day of campaign related stuff > that might be all very well, but who is going to read it? Without condemning certain authors by name, there is a good deal of "published" game fiction I occasionally run across. > reaction is that when I have a story in my fingers nothing else is going to > come out of them until the story is on file. I was reading the reaction of a friend to, "What would I be producing if I wasn't gaming?" and his response fit fairly well some of my quandry: Where is the muse? The games inspire me; I get feedback quickly on what's working, and I'm not entirely in control. Could I be confident (rather, "disciplined") enough to write without that? I'm still thinking... \\ Mb \\ mabarry@xpert.net ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
